Frontline"Poor Kids"
Where the Mississippi River intersects Interstate 80 is an area deeply scarred by the recession along the border of Iowa and Illinois. FRONTLINE follows three young girls growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin to produce a portrait of the economic crisis seen through the eyes of children.G

NOVA"Ultimate Mars Challenge"
To achieve its successful landing on Mars with its precious load of instruments, the rover Curiosity first had to parachute through the Martian atmosphere at twice the speed of sound, then be gently lowered to the planet's surface by "sky crane" - a first-of-its-kind system. NOVA joins the scientists and engineers responsible for Curiosity's on-the-ground experiments, and is there for the exhilarating moments after the successful landing.G

10:00 pm

Inventions That Shook The World"The 1960's"
The decade is filled with both cultural and technological change. A weather satellite that can save lives by tracing weather patterns and predicting hurricanes is launched into orbit. Robots begin to appear in the workplace, taking over some menial tasks, freeing workers to focus on more complicated jobs. Part 7 of 10G

11:00 pm

Transplant: A Gift for Life
TRANSPLANT: A GIFT FOR LIFE reveals the powerful emotions and cutting-edge science involved in vital organ transplant. Told through multiple real-life stories, this one-hour documentary demonstrates how the tragic death -- or inspirational generosity -- of one person can pull another back from the brink, offering a second chance at life. We meet a daughter who shares half of her liver to save her father's life; the recipient of a lung transplant who reaches out to his deceased donor's family; and two mothers who nurse their sons through multiple transplants. D

Burt Wolf: What We Eat"The Hand That Stirred The Pot: African Foods In America"
Burt seeks the origins of peanuts, bananas, watermelon, rice, yams and okra.G

10:00 pm

Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence"I'm Inspired"
Joanne is often asked where her inspirations come from and begins by composing an inspired salad with roasted beets, and then gives her student Charlie some pointers for making honey glazed pork chops and a roasted squash puree. Recipes: Bibb Lettuce Salad with Roasted Beet, Grapefruit and Pecans, Honey Glazed Pork Chops with Orange and Cardamom, and a Roasted Squash and Ginger Puree. Student: Charlie Baldwin, City Gardener. D

Nature"An Original DUCKumentary"
This program follows a wood duck family as a male and female create a bond, migrate together across thousands of miles, nurture and protect a brood of chicks, then come full circle as they head to their wintering grounds.G

8:30 pm

Sid The Science Kid"Seed The Science Kid"
At breakfast, Sid discovers seeds in his apple, and decides that seeds really get in the way when you're trying to eat the apple! This leads Sid to investigate seeds with his friends at the Science Center, where they learn that many living things grow in life cycles. And while many fruits start out as seeds, many animals start out as eggs. The kids investigate frog eggs, butterfly eggs, and chicken eggs, and then see the fully-grown animals they grow into. D

9:00 pm

WordWorld"Race to the Spaceship/Sandbox Surprise"
Race to the Spaceship - Frog must help Robot get to the top of WordWorld's highest mountain and build a spaceship in time to play spaceship tag. By adding one word to another, the WordFriends learn how to make a car, boat and bike go faster. Sandbox Surprise - Duck and Dog become curious about compound words when they discover the word "sandbox" is made of two words. D

9:30 pm

Caillou"Caillou The Musician"
Caillou Plays the Drums - Clementine's big brother Billy has a new drum set and is having lots of fun playing as loud as he can. He won't let Clementine and Caillou play his drums though, because he says they're not grown up enough. The two friends set out to prove him wrong, and once they put on their 'grownup costumes' he finally relents and lets them play. D

10:00 pm

Barney & Friends"Rabbits/Listen"
Rabbits - BJ is pretending to be a great detective. But all great detectives need a mystery to solve! One quickly comes his way when an animal nibbles on one of Baby Bop's healthy snacks. BJ, Barney, and Baby Bop uncover several clues along the way and soon realize the animal is someone's pet rabbit. D

10:30 pm

Thomas & Friends"Friends and Family"
It's the day of the Spring Party at the Duke and Duchess of Boxford's summer house. Cranky teases Thomas that he can only carry light loads. Thomas is outraged by this and determines to prove to Cranky that he is not "Tiny Thomas". D

11:00 pm

Dialogue for Kids"Dinosaurs"
They once roamed the Earth, but they eventually went extinct. Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guest scientist. David Varricchio, associate professor of paleontology at Montana State University, answer students' questions about dinosaurs. They also take a tour of one of his dinosaur digs and discuss his team's recent finds.G

11:30 pm

Martha Speaks"Martha's Thanksgiving, Part One & Two"
Martha's Thanksgiving, Part One - When Martha learns that Helen's extended family will be coming for Thanksgiving, she decides to search for her own long-lost canine siblings. Tails begin to wag as the family reunites, but where is Martha's mother? Vocabulary: (E) reunion, prepare, organize, trace, quest. Martha's Thanksgiving, Part Two - Still in search of her mother, Martha digs into her past to uncover the reason they were separated. D